Vintage Fisher Price Pick-Up 'N Peek #511 Dog and Puppies Wooden Peg Puzzle VG+++-EXC!

Vintage Fisher Price Pick Up `N Peek #511 Dog and Puppies Wooden Peg Puzzle

Here is a Vintage Fisher Price Pick-Up 'N Peek #511 Dog and Puppies wooden puzzle. Featuring a rollicking group of mischievious puppies, this puzzle complements the interests of many preschoolers and their favorite books (e.g. Spot and Clifford book series). Produced from 1972-84, this puzzle consists of 8 interlocking pieces, 5 of which come equipped with a yellow peg. Given the subject matter of this puzzle, this makes an ideal puzzle for young children. The pegs assist young children in removing and replacing the puzzle pieces in their proper places. In addition, when each piece is removed, an underlying picture appears showing that animal's offspring in slightly different poses. The lithos are incredibly detailed, full of color, and appealing to young children. These lithos are to "die for!" They are free of any marks, stains, tears, rubs, scratches etc.

This puzzle supports a number of kindergarten readiness skills (e.g. increasing the child's eye-hand coordination and expanding his/her attention span). In addition, this puzzle helps hone the child's picture matching skills and promotes a number of early language- based concepts (e.g. action vocabulary such as smiling, dreaming, licking, sleeping, hiding, jumping, standing, smiling, flying etc. as well as vocabulary pertaining to a dog's body parts). Furthermore, each puzzle piece, when removed, uncovers a printed word corresponding to the name of a given body part or other dog-related items. The latter represents one of the first stages in a child's development of emergent literacy skills (e.g. that print has meaning). Although Fisher Price purports this puzzle was designed for children 2 years of age and up, given the presence of the interlocking pieces, I believe a more realistic estimate would be at least 2 1/2 years -5 years of age.

While this particular puzzle evidences some wear, I would still consider it to be in VG+++ - EXC condition. Imperfections include:

1. Some "bleeding through of the underlying wood grain on a few of the pieces (e.g. the rear and front leg of the Mom); in my opinion, this really isn't a flaw but I felt I should mention it any way;

2. Some minor edge wear and paint loss on some of the puzzle pieces;

3. Some minor "feathering" of the wood along the back edges of some of the pieces; this is extremely minor in nature;

4. Some small brown spots on the back of the puzzle;

5. Two small chips in the wood frame comprising the puzzle; one is located at the bottom left hand corner of the puzzle; it's approximately 1/8" L x 1/16" W; the other is on the lower edge of the front of the puzzle and is approximately 1/16" L x 1/16" W. You literally have to hold the puzzlle up within 3" of your eyes and rotate it in the light to see these.

Although not prominent in my photos, this puzzle is stamped on the back, "Made in Holland for Fisher-Price Toys, copyright 1971, 1972, The Quaker Oats Co."

This particular puzzle weighs approximately 1 lb. 4oz. UNWRAPPED. My location is Lafayette, IN (47905).

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